The Bee Hive

The headquarters of the delivery service where all the "Bees" work. Located in Yuusari, the middle-class area of AmberGround.

Current Letter Bees and their Dingoes

Lag Seeing

The main protagonist. A very focused and unfailingly polite young boy. He is a former letter delivered by Gauche Suede to his aunt. His encounter with Gauche inspired him to become a Letter Bee. His Spirit Amber attack is called "Red Needle" and is able to visualize the memories held within whatever it is shot at. He can also somehow control the direction it goes. He has Spirit Amber implanted in his left eye socket.

Tropes associated with Lag:

Ambiguously Human: He's essentially a shard of the Sun given form by the Spirit Amber. Inside him is the souls of many people that the Sun stole to be its light, among them the part that Gauche lost in the Day of Flicker.

Chaste Hero: He's only 12, so he never considers his intimate relationship with Niche as anything romantic. Subverted later when he proclaims his Love Confession to Sylvette, showing that he's not completely Oblivious to Love.

Niche

She is Lag's personal bodyguard, AKA Dingo. Niche was a letter Lag encountered on his way to the Bee-Hive and he delivered to her destination, a side-show circus called Love Someone Down. She is actually the "Child of Maka" (lit. the Child of Greatness) and as a result, has golden, 'sword-like' hair, blue eyes and arms resembling that of a bear.

Tropes associated with Niche:

A-Cup Angst: She normally does not dwell on it, but she will look upon her own chest unfavorably when she's comparing herself to other girls, especially if she perceives a girl as a "threat" (in the sense of her "stealing" Lag away from her). Her excitement of being temporarily aged up is even soured when she realizes she lacks an ample bosom and body (in comparison to Sylvette and her sister).

Action Girl: She's the primary fighter in Lag's team, and is one of the best dingoes in the series.

Bodyguard Crush: Very attached to Lag and takes her job to protect him very seriously.

Clingy Jealous Girl: Since Lag is her world, she's generally not pleased when she's not the center of his.

The Comically Serious: She's a grumpy little girl who doesn't understand jokes, but her rather odd habits, and the way people (especially Lag) reacts to it is frequently used as a source of comedy.

Took a Level in Badass: She can now make some pretty intricate things with her hair, after training with her sister.

Steak

Niche's live bait and emergency food rations. He followed her from Love Someone Down and usually is a Head Pet. Steak seems to have accepted that one day Niche may make good on her desire to eat him. He also appears to be a Kapellmeister and the Last of His Kind.

Connor Kluff

The Bee who escorted Lag to his interview. Connor made regular deliveries to Campbell Litus as Lag was growing up, and seems to be popular with the townspeople. He has a hearty appetite and a stocky build, and tires easily. His Dingo is a hound dog named Gus whose skilled at tunneling. His Spirit Amber attack is "Yellow Bomb" and uses pieces of his hunger via landmines.

Zazie Winters

A Bee who specializes in killing Gaichuu and actually has very little interest in deliveries. For the record, he IS good at those too. His parents were killed by Gaichuu when he was a child, leading him to become a Bee in order to exact vengeance. He likes cats; in fact his Dingo is a panther named "Wasiolka." His Spirit Amber attack is "Blue Thorn" and shoots pieces of his hate.

Also, in the anime, he's very apparently a boy. In the manga, however...

Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: His parents were 5 million rin in debt, and knew that he'd be taken as collateral, so they abandoned him outside an orphanage and returned once they paid off the debt.

Wham Line: He tells Lag in passing that Gauche is no longer a Bee, and as such, Lag's the current record-holder on the entry exam.

You Killed My Father: He eventually comes into a confrontation with the Gaichuu that ate his parents' hearts.

Jiggy Pepper

The resident Express Delivery specialist, a young adult Bee who occasionally shows up when the manga decides to be extra cool. Has two adopted siblings, Nelli and Nello, though Nello, the boy, eventually dies of an illness. He left their hometown to become stronger to protect them. He also had a bell tower built there. His Spirit Amber, Sea Blue Ultramarine, is in his motorcycle. His Dingo is a hawk named Harry.

Tropes associated with Jiggy:

Aloof Big Brother: Note that in this case, 'aloof' does not mean 'bad'. He really does love and care for his adoptive sister, he's just sort of understated about it. As in 'to the point that she completely despised him until discovering just how much he's done to take care of her over the years'.

Good Scars, Evil Scars: Two on the right side of his face, right near his eye. He's definitely a good guy, though.

Lily Confort

Lag's partner during the Cabernet interception mission. She lacks confidence in her abilities and hates the fact that as a Bee she is often rejected by society. She holds Lag in very high esteem, having heard of his reputation, and admires his dedication, abilities and confidence.

Wild Card: Not evil per se, but does ANYONE know what he's thinking about?

Aria Link

The Sub Master of the Bee Hive and Largo's right hand, taking care of the minor things for him. She was see earlier in Gauche's memories as a letter bee and his love interest. Aria's Spirit Amber ability is the Heart Restoration Bullet, which she executes by playing music on her violin. The music has a healing effect on everyone who hears it. The closer one stands to her while she is playing, the stronger the healing effects. Her Spirit Amber attack is "Crimson Melody" and is executed by playing her violin. Her Dingo is Bolt, a large dog.

Form-Fitting Wardrobe:Her outfits tend to be like this, especially in the manga. In a recent chapter, Lag ends up staring at her after she dons her old Letter Bee uniform, which is a little... tight on her, and when she frets about having gained weight, he reassures her that she looks sexy.

Dr. Thunderland Jr.

A biologist who belongs to the Third Bioscience advisory panel of Amberground divisions specializing in pathology. He collects corpses for dissection and study, earning him the nickname "The Corpse Doctor." He has a morbid interest in dissection. Not as evil as he looks.

Tropes associated with Dr. Thunderland:

Comedic Sociopathy: Thinks dissection is a marvelous thing to talk about while standing over an unconscious body.

Mock Sullivan

A Letter Bee whose approach to his work is starkly different from Lag and Gauche's; he simply believes in getting letters to their destinations and is willing to write off letters as "cold letters" without tracking down the sender or recipient.

Krank

Mock Sullivan's Dingo, a cobra.

Calibus Garrard

A government official and former Bee come to retrieve Gauche's unconscious body. Lloyd at one point idolized him.

Tropes associated with Garrard:

Badass Boast: When he's about to be tested for entering the capital, he tells Canon "You don't think we're qualified? Of course we are!!! We're going to the Capital! The next time you see me, I'll be Head Bee!! Don't you forget it, missy!!" Subverted as it turns out he was Tempting Fate.

Dark and Troubled Past: What made him fail the test to get inside the capital and end up living in the "middle ground", Kagerou. He went through utter hell in his childhood, with an abusive mother who eventually killed his father. And then what he's seen and done since he's gotten inside Akatsuki.

Semi-recurring characters, family of main characters and people who aren't specifically affiliated with anything.

The Suede Family

Gauche Suede

Lag's mentor and hero, who delivered him to his aunt in Chapter 1. He's a lively and pleasant young man, something remarked upon by those who've met him. He also wants to become the Head Bee so that he can make life easier for his younger sister. He likes weird soup. It's revealed he has no memories of his mother, as a result of the Day Of Flicker. Aria believes he focuses all of his attention on his sister as a result. His Spirit Amber attack is "Black Needle" and his Dingo is Roda.

It is revealed that he is no longer a Bee and worst, a Marauder of Reverse called Noir. He has no memories of Lag or Sylvette, possibly due to losing that part of his heart. Recently, he's awoken and seems to recognize Sylvette again... though this proves to be him simply using the memories within Lag's Letter Bullet as a guide to feign remembrance. During and after the battle with Cabernet, he has returned to working with the Bee Hive, after deciding that his actions with Reverse was hurting too many people.

Heel–Face Turn: Subverted after Lag shot him with a heart bullet. He started acting like Gauche again, but it was all an act, and he learned it from the memories in the bullet. During the battle with Cabernet, he makes a proper turn toward Face.

Sylvette Suede

Gauche's younger, handicapped sister. Like Lag, she was also born of the Day of Flicker. After Gauche leaves for Akatsuki, he disappears, leaving her to assume he's dead. Some years later she encounter Lag, who promises to find her brother. She covers the rent and expenses on her house by making and selling dolls and renting a room to Lag.

Lag eventually does find and return Gauche to her. While Gauche feigns having regained his memories (using the memories carried in Lag's Letter Bullet to build the cover), she eventually learns the truth after the battle with Cabernet. She's taking it surprisingly well.

Tsundere: Yells at Gauche for not thanking Lag for dragging his ass into town but gives him food and water for the return trip back to Yuusari.

Anne Seeing

Lag's mother. She was taken to Akatsuki at the beginning of the story and no one has seen her since. She is the one who implanted the Spirit Amber in Lag's eye. Or, to be more accurate, she instructed Sabrina Mary to do so.

Niche's Older Twin Sister

Antagonist of the Blue Notes Blues Arc, she was separated from Niche sometime ago. Unlike Niche, she managed to grow up and find her way back to Maka. Also unlike Niche, she knows just how and why she came into the world.

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